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Lawyers in the News: Flip-NY Firm Ruled Liable for Florida Firm's Foulup; Flopping Disbarred Lawyer Pleads Guilty, Headed to Prison; GC Apologizes for Saying Judges Were "Paid Off," Accepts Reprimand; Disbarred NY Lawyer Admits Ripping Off His Grandparents; New Kind of Jailhouse Lawyer: BigLaw Partner Should Face Criminal Charges, Bankruptcy Counsel Tell Judge; Pol-Turned-Felon Gets to Keep His Law License; Witness's "Amnesia:" $500,000; Getting Away With $1.9 Billion Fraud: Priceless; Lawyer for One Month Convicted of Extortion Says He Was Just Trying to Settle Case; NY Government Lawyer Fired for Running Solo Practice On the Side for 20 Years; Judge Faults NY Firm's "Frivolous" Pursuit Of Case; Chase Bank Sues Law Firms Claiming Debt-Relief Scam; Jailed Lawyer Faces More Heat From SEC in $1 Billion Scam; Bookkeeper Who Stole $4 Million From Brother's NY Law Firm Pleads Guilty; Former In-House Lawyer Avoids Prison in FBI Fraud Case; NY Lawyer Admits Stealing $2.1 Million; NY Lawyer Sees Plea Deal Unravel After Swindled Ex-Client Tells Judge He's Being Conned; Illegal Bills: Lawyer Busted for Counterfeiting;; NY Lawyer Accused of Stealing $266,000 From Client; NY Lawyer Loses License for 30 Months Over "Exorbitant" Fees, Ethical Breaches; Lawyer's Bullying Secretary Over Weight, Demands She Exercise Were Likely "Outrageous," Judge Rules; Disbarred Lawyer Gets 41-Month Term for Settling Clients' Cases, Keeping the Cash; Prosecutors: Judge Was Told That Ruling for Star Litigator Could Be Ticket to the Federal Bench; The Legal Trail in a Delta Drama - Richard Scruggs; Lawyer Who Testified Against Partner for Ripping Off Clients Is Now Charged With Doing the Same; Lawyer Who Sexually Assaulted Five or More Minors at Courthouse Sentenced to 25 to 50 Years; Corporate Attorneys Mull Meaning of NY BigLaw Partner's Indictment; Corporate Attorneys Mull Meaning of NY BigLaw Partner's Indictment; Solo Faces 73 Criminal Counts for Leading 25-Year, $2 Million Fraud Scheme; Attorney Headed to Jail for Helping Lawyer-Husband Shake Down Her Lovers; Attorney Get 15 Years in Prison for Bilking Elderly Clients Out Of $13 Million; Attorney Indicted for Helping Clients Avoid $4.6M in Taxes; Missing Connecticut Lawyers Turns Up Dead; Attorney Arrested in Internet Sex Sting at Statehouse; Disbarred NY Lawyer Headed to Prison for Ripping Off Clients; Claims of Adultery, Forgery Have Firm, Lawyers Looking for Way Out, Dodging Subpoenas; Fugitive Local Lawyer Leaving Few Clues for Cops; Lawyer's Assistant Wore Wire for FBI in Fee Scam Case, Defense Claims; Fla. Prosecutor Charged in Sex Sting Kills Self; Suspended NY Lawyer Charged With Selling Old Man's House Out From Under Him; Lawyer Admits He Orchestrated Plot to Defraud Companies; I Covered up Church Porn: Att'y;  NY Lawyer Disbarred for Treating Clients Like "Commodities"; NY Lawyer Accused of Saying He'd Make Charges "Go Away" as Come hither Line; Ex-top Lawyer Louis Robles Faces Prison; Federal Prosecutor Arrested for Making Date to Have Sex With 5-Year-Old Girl; Famous Litigator Pleads Guity to Defrauding Clients, Faces Up to 15 Years in Prison; Reprimand Sought for Local Attorney Who Wrote Scare Letter to Ethics Grievant; Lawyer Found Naked at Courthouse With Girl, 14, Pleads No Contest; Ex Prosecutor Admits Sex With Judge in Courthouse, Loses License for 3 Years; Husband-and Wife NY Attorneys Busted in Fraud; Lawyer and Two Judges He Bribed Are Sentenced to Prison; Missing Lawyer Stuns Partner-Son With Criminal Confession, Advice, and Farewell; Litigious NY Lawyer Barred From Suing on Her Own Behalf Says She Is Victim of Judicial Conspiracy; Lawyer Indicted For Paying More Than $3M in Bribes and Kickbacks; Well That's Hardly Playing Fair: Firm Asks Bank About Buying Opposing Counsel's Mortgage; Denied Entry to Bar, Law School Grad's "Rubber Check" Business Now Called "Fraud on Court"; Violated in the Peeper's Court Att'y 'Pu Spy Cam' on Undressed Staff; Never Mind a Slice - Ferry Lawyers Want Slabs of Pie; NY Lawyer Admits Ripping Off Elderly Client; Local Lawyer Dented by New Charges of Staging Auto Accidents; Local Lawyer's Sex With Client, Brings Angry Husband to His Door and Discipline From the Bar; NY Attorney Admits Robbing $550,000 From Aunt; Judge Rejects Ex Lawyer Robles' Plea Deal; Famous and Disbarred Lawyer Robles' Girlfriend Lands Him Back in Jail; 'Teddy' Rap; Husband and Wife NY Lawyers Confess Insider Trading; Lawyer's "Life's Short. Get a Divorce" Billboard No Longer A Roadside Attraction; Lawyer's "Life's Short. Get a Divorce" Billboard No Longer A Roadside Attraction; Lawyer's Alleged "Bedside Manner" Triggers Ethics Probe; Judge Wants to Hear from Victims in Asbestos Fraud Case; Asbestos Attorney Accepts 10-Year Term in Plea Deal; Lawyer Indicted in Porn Probe Says Feds Overreached; Lawyer's Hoax Spurs Debate on Legal Tactics, Ethics; Lawyer Guilty of Medicare Fraud; Suspended Metro Solo Can Practice Again, But Can't Be Alone With Women; Husband-and-Wife Lawyers Face Trial for Demanding Payments After Wife's Affairs; NY Lawyer Who Helped Convict Brooklyn Judge Sentenced to Prison Time; Lawyer Caught With Pants Down (and 14-Year-Old Girl in Tow) at Courthouse; Lawyer Who Blew Whistle on Judge Pleads Guilty to Thefts; Pimp Slaps Betrayal, Claim Greedy Lawyer Stole his Brothel; NY Lawyer Arrested in Las Vegas, Charged With Stealing $1 Million From Aunt; Ex-Partner Accused of Cover-Up Bid in Bank Execs' Fraud; NY Partners Face Disbarment Over Tactics to Rope In Clients; NY Attorney Arrested for Encouraging Fraud; Metro Lawyer Faces Suspension Over Threats to Collect Inflated Fees; Military Lawyer Who Worked in Bush White House Was Disbarred 23 Years Ago; NY Associate Suspended for Taking $2,000 "Fee" From Opposing Party; Lying, Balky Client Opens Door for $670 Million Judgment; Metro Lawyer in Ethics Flap Trying to Take Rap for Son Who Fled Accident; Lawyer's 'Lies' Sent Me to Bad Pa; Lawyer Faces Disbarrment After Billing Client Who Was Never a Suspect Over $90,000; Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Ripping Off Clients for $800,000; Slow Lawyers - Alleged Coverup of a Suit that Was Never Filed; Panel Wants Lawyers Disbarred - 2 Accused of Extortion in Demoulas Battle; Metro Lawyer Who Billed $1,500 Per Hour Fights Ethics Charge; Police: Attorney Says More Clients Bilked out of $500,000; Lawyer Negotiated Settlement; Pocketed MoneyMetro Lawyer Arrested for Stealing Millions; Noel, ExProsecutor May Lose Bar Cards;  (Note not license) NJ Attorney General Resigns Over Boyfriend’s Traffic Stop; $ Cam Lawyers Slammed; NY Lawyer Disbarred for Deceiving Judge; NY Lawyer Loses Appeals of His Conviction for Laundering Drug Money; NY Lawyer Disbarred for Forging Judge's Name; Lawyer Drags Himself Into Court Wearing Skirt in Protest; NY Partner Disbarred for Stealing From Firm; Lawyers Broke Law; Well-Known NY Lawyer Can Keep Client's Fee Without Retainer, Judge FindsAdmitted Misconduct; Disbarred Litigator Louis Robles Faces Life in Prison; Attorney's Affair With Criminal Leads to Litigation and Bankruptcy; $200m House Mortgage Scam; Fla. Defense Attorney Faces Disbarment for Witness Tempering; NY Lawyer Disbarred Over Extortion Attempt; Fired Prosecutor Wins $1.5 Million in Jury Award; NY Lawyer Suspended, Must Pay $428,000; Solo Challenges Courtroom Pledge of Allegiance as Offensive and Objectionable;  NY Judge Blasts Lawyer for Putting Private Eye On His Tail, Refuses to Bow Out of Case Disbarred in NY, Practicing in Jersey: New York Lawyer Suspended For Fixing Parking Tickets in $12,000.00; For Now Anyway, Claims NY Bar Procedure Denied Him Due Process;  NY Lawyer Disbarred for Fraudulent Billing; Lawyer Rai$es the Bar, $1,000 an Hour; NY Lawyer Suspended for Three Years Over Lies During Murder Trial; $ 42 M 'Heir' Blitz: Lawyer Guilty of Fax Forgery; Chicago Lawyer "Loathed" at City Hall; Attorney's Request for Fee Hike Called "Outrageous" Ex-lawer King of Torts Louis Robles' Bankruptcy Hearing Pack Court; Greed Before the Court; School Bill Outrage; NY Lawyer's Federal Fraud Trial Begins - Stealing from Escrow Account; Attorney Suspended for Lying in Her Own Divorce; Candyman Bronx Lawyer Is "Balled" Out; Game Over for Lawyer's $2m "Theft"
 

NY State Judicial Reforms and Judicial Conflict and Other N.Y. News: Price Fight - Live! Judith Kaye Suit on Judicial Salary; Under OCA Contract, Some NY Court Staffers' Wages Frozen Until Juddges' Pay Is Raised; New York Judge Orders Pay Raise for New York Judges and Comments from the Public; Judges Already Well Compensated, Paterson, Silver Argue in Kaye Suit; N.Y. Judge Orders Himself a Raise Could Cost Taxpayers $700 Million;  The Wrong Defendants; Governor, Legislature Ordered To Raise Pay of State's Judges; Crisis? What Crisis? No Mass Recusal of Judges; Poll Finds New Yorkers Oppose Pay Hike for Judges; NY Judges Warned Against Insulting Legislator, Retaliatory Recusals in Pay Impasse; Officials Named in NY Judges' Suit Demanding Pay Raise Lawyer Up; Chief Judge Kaye Sues State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike; New York State Judges Show Little Judicial Restraint when Suing for Pay Raises; Raise Again Out of Budget; Kaye Talks of April Lawsuit; Chances for Pay Raise for NY Judges "Very Difficult," Incoming GOvernor Says; NY Lawyer Who Moonlights as Justice Emerges as Favorite to Lead Judicial Watchdogs; Second Suit by NY Judges Demanding Pay Raise Gets Greenlight; Wachtell Partner Tapped to Sue NYS Over Judges' Pay; NYC Tightens Reins on NY Lawyers Appointed by Judges, New Rules Affect Expert Witnesses and Getting Paid; Justices Uphold New York’s Judge System; A Defeat for Judicial Reform; Ruling on Judges Reverberates Across Boroughs;  NY Judge Says Low Pay Is Forcing Him to Quit; NY's Chief Judge Offers New Plan for 2008 to Get Colleagues First Raise Since 1999; NY's Chief Judge, at "End of My Patience," Says She'll Sue Over Judges' Pay; NY Judges Suing For Pay Raises See Most Claims Rejected; NY Courts Focus on Funding Judicial Pay Hike in Budget Request; Accusations Against NY Judges Trigger Record Number of Probes Last Year; NY Judges Get Boost in Benefits, Pay Still Frozen Since 1999; NY Judge Files Three Lawsuits Over Rivals' Endorsements By Minor Parties; 1Supreme Court Weighs N.Y. Judge System; Disgraced Ex-Chief Judge Is Readmitted to NY Bar; NY Judges Sue for 26 Percent Raise, Retroactive Pay; Judges From Four Groups to Sue N.Y. State for Pay Hike; NY Name Partner Criticizes Basis for Censuring Judge; NY Judge Suing to Raise His Pay Recuses Himself, Citing Lawyer's Political Office and Nice Shiny Tie; NY Judges Jostle Over Eligibility for Upcoming Election; NY Judges Denied Raise Claim Pols Should Forfeit Salaries; Wait and Seethe: NY Judges Won't Sue Over Pay . for Now; NYS and NY Judges Show Their Cards in Suit Demanding Pay Hike; Spitz and Bruno in 'Waldo' War;  Spitzer Says 'Judges Should Know Better' Than to Sue for Raise; Eliot Gives Judges $Lap; Bruno: No New Bill to Boost NY Judges' Pay; NY Judges Preparing Lawsuit Over Pay; Governor Eliot Spitzer Appoints Justice Lippman as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division, First Department; NY Judges' Pay Suit Sent Up the River; Pol Slaps Top Court on Ethics; For $1, Ex-NY Senator Bucks for Judges' Raise; Judge Cross Endorsed bt the Parties Poised to Become Surrogate; Why I Won's Step Down by Raoul Felder; Spitzer Proposes Court Reform Plan; Jackie Rips Book-Critic Governor; Gov to Raoul: Quit - or Else; Roasting Raoul Felder Chair of the New York Judicial Commission; NY's Chief Judge Kaye Prepared to Sue for Judicial Raises; More Money For Agency That Oversees New York's Judges;NY Judges, Denied Pay Raise, Talk of Strikes, Quitting; NY Judges Denied Pay Raises in Last-Minute Budget Wrangling;    Feed the Judicial Watchdog; NY Judges Advised Not to Link Their Pay Dispute to Recusals;Kaye Seeks Ju$tice for Judges; Supreme Court Will Review the Way New York Selects Judicial Candidates; Pay Raise for Judges Gets Boost in Spitzer's First Budget; Chief Judge Kaye Urges "All-Out" Campaign for Judicial Pay Raises; NY State Judges File Suit to Force Salary Increase NY Judges Seek; Spitzer Calls for Court and Election Reform; Pataki's Legacy: Judicial Appointments Were High on Quality, Low on Diversity; Pay Hike in Otherwise Modest Budget (But No Reform); NY Plans to Reform Local Justice System; Chief Judge Kaye to Seek Reappointment to Aid Transition, Push Reform; NY Lawmakers and Candidates Polled on Judicial Selection Second Circuit Strikes Down Judicial Convention System; Judges Will Not Spare Rods - Can Carry Gun in Court; New State Bar Head Sees Profession "Under Siege"; Bloomberg Names Some NYC Judges to Short Terms; Primary Colors; City Bar Forms Judicial Selection Task Force; Judge Delays Bench Shakeup; The Rules Apply to You Too, Judge; Politicians Sent Scrambling As Court Rules on N.Y. Judges; Primaries Would Reduce Role of Bosses, Not of Money; Rebuking Party Leaders, Court Halts System of Picking Judges; Pols Get Benched Party Judge Picks Unconstitutional; Party's over for Rigged Judge Elex; Bloomberg Criticizes Judicial Election System at Swearing-in Ceremony News: NYU Center Seeks Damages in Judge Selection Suit; Judicial Reform Held in Contempt; Major Blumberg's New Mission; Mayor Says He Wants to Clean up New York's Courts; Order in the Court; Bad Apples on Brooklyn Bench;  Lawsuits Tossed in Surrogate's Recount; NY Law Judges Pressured by Agency Bosses, Report Concludes State Courts Form Elite Guard; The Faint Aroma of Performing Seals- The Judicial Nominating Commissions: Let the Voters Chose the Judges; Bill to Alter Court Is Assailed in Brooklyn Denied Pay Hike NY Judges Vow to Fight on; Injudicious Conduct Justice for Judges; Pataki Introduces Bill To NY Raise Judges' Pay; Pataki to Propose Pay Hike for NY Judges; Pataki Calls for Judicial Pay Hikes NY Judges Lobby for Pay Raise; How Judges Hide From Justice; Tighten Rules for Those -Who Judge Judges; Judge Kimba  Hit by Ethics Attack; Problem-Solving Court, Judges Turn Therapist Judges; Salary Hikes; Judge Tied to 'Santa' - Federal Judge Alleged Conflict of Interest; State Judge Selection Scrutinized; Data on Judges to be on the Internet; Bar Adopts Proposal on Judges'  Economic Conflicts; NY State Assembly Passes  Bill to Create Judicial Selection Process;  DA Pushes for Appointment of Judges; Judicial Screening Plan Draws Criticism; Senator Seeks Legislation on Ethics for Judicial Trips; NY's Judicial Convention System Challenged; Changes Proposed for NY Judicial Elections, N.Y. Bar Group Adopts Code of Conduct;  N.Y. Chief  Judge Decries "Scorched Earth" Litigation; New York Judgeships; Politically-Connected NY Lawyer in Line for Judgeship; Promotion of  Merit Retention; Suit Against Party Picking Judges; Talk of Judicial Reform in the  New York Courts; Chief Judge Judith Kaye; Politics of Judicial Appointments and Discipline of Judges
 

Robin Hoods or Legal Hoods? NY Firm Defends Pay Deal With Partners Who Pleaded Guilty on Kickbacks; Judge Approves NY Firm's $75 Million Mea Culpa, Drops Charges; Milberg Agrees to Pay $75 Million to Settle Criminal ChargesNew York Lawyer; NY Firm Founder Gets 30 Months in Prison; NY Law Firm's Scheme Hurt Shareholders, Study Claims; Ex-NY BigLaw Partner Charged in Second Fraud Scheme; NY Firm Moves to Reduce Criminal Forfeiture in Scandal; Milberg Weiss Founder Melvyn Weiss Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme; abuMilberg Weiss - Former Milberg Weiss Expert Witness Agrees to Plead Guilty to Perjury; NY Firm Bats .200 in Keeping Itself Out of Court on Kickback Charges; ScruggsContrite and Cowed, "Scariest Lawyer in the World" Gets 2 Years; Lawyer Sentenced in Kickback Scheme; Retired Lawyer Sentenced in Case Over NY Firm's Alleged Kickback Scheme; Judge Rips One NY Firm for Greed, Another for a Possible Conflict; Legal Giant Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme; New York Law Journal Law Also Applies to Lawyers; NY Name Partner Indicted, Could Face Up to 40 Years in Prison; Prominent Lawyer to Be Indicted; Founder of Two National Firms Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Is Disbarred; NY Name Partner Pleads Guilty in Kickbacks Scheme, Forfeits $7.75 Million; Troubled NY Firm Defeats Bid to Oust  It From IPO Litigation; Feds Win Milberg Discovery Battle; New York Lawyer; The Fall of America's Meanest Law Firm; NY Judge Backs Indicted Firm for Spot in Back dating Case; Milberg Weiss, Name Partners Plead Not Guilty as More Lawyers Head for the Exits; If a Dwindling Milberg Is Convicted, Who Pays the Price?; Former Milberg Partners Seek Capital, Fees; Politico Aims to Ax Embattled NY Firm; Milberg Former Partners Indicted; After 41 Count Indictment Denied Charges: Milberg, Weiss, Law Firm in $11m Scam ;  Clarence Bid to Stay out of Jail Former Partners Indicted; A Prominent Law Firm Prepares for Indictment; A Three- year Investigation into Whether Mr. Lerach and  His Former New York Law Firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, Had Used Illegal Tactics in Shareholder Lawsuits That Made Him and the Firm Rich and Famous
 

NY State Judicial Reforms and Judicial Conflict and Other N.Y. News: Under OCA Contract, Some NY Court Staffers' Wages Frozen Until Juddges' Pay Is Raised; New York Judge Orders Pay Raise for New York Judges and Comments from the Public; Judges Already Well Compensated, Paterson, Silver Argue in Kaye Suit; N.Y. Judge Orders Himself a Raise Could Cost Taxpayers $700 Million;  The Wrong Defendants; Governor, Legislature Ordered To Raise Pay of State's Judges; Crisis? What Crisis? No Mass Recusal of Judges; Poll Finds New Yorkers Oppose Pay Hike for Judges; NY Judges Warned Against Insulting Legislator, Retaliatory Recusals in Pay Impasse; Officials Named in NY Judges' Suit Demanding Pay Raise Lawyer Up; Chief Judge Kaye Sues State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike; New York State Judges Show Little Judicial Restraint when Suing for Pay Raises; Raise Again Out of Budget; Kaye Talks of April Lawsuit; Chances for Pay Raise for NY Judges "Very Difficult," Incoming GOvernor Says; NY Lawyer Who Moonlights as Justice Emerges as Favorite to Lead Judicial Watchdogs; Second Suit by NY Judges Demanding Pay Raise Gets Greenlight; Wachtell Partner Tapped to Sue NYS Over Judges' Pay; NYC Tightens Reins on NY Lawyers Appointed by Judges, New Rules Affect Expert Witnesses and Getting Paid; Justices Uphold New York’s Judge System; A Defeat for Judicial Reform; Ruling on Judges Reverberates Across Boroughs;  NY Judge Says Low Pay Is Forcing Him to Quit; NY's Chief Judge Offers New Plan for 2008 to Get Colleagues First Raise Since 1999; NY's Chief Judge, at "End of My Patience," Says She'll Sue Over Judges' Pay; NY Judges Suing For Pay Raises See Most Claims Rejected; NY Courts Focus on Funding Judicial Pay Hike in Budget Request; Accusations Against NY Judges Trigger Record Number of Probes Last Year; NY Judges Get Boost in Benefits, Pay Still Frozen Since 1999; NY Judge Files Three Lawsuits Over Rivals' Endorsements By Minor Parties; 1Supreme Court Weighs N.Y. Judge System; Disgraced Ex-Chief Judge Is Readmitted to NY Bar; NY Judges Sue for 26 Percent Raise, Retroactive Pay; Judges From Four Groups to Sue N.Y. State for Pay Hike; NY Name Partner Criticizes Basis for Censuring Judge; NY Judge Suing to Raise His Pay Recuses Himself, Citing Lawyer's Political Office and Nice Shiny Tie; NY Judges Jostle Over Eligibility for Upcoming Election; NY Judges Denied Raise Claim Pols Should Forfeit Salaries; Wait and Seethe: NY Judges Won't Sue Over Pay . for Now; NYS and NY Judges Show Their Cards in Suit Demanding Pay Hike; Spitz and Bruno in 'Waldo' War;  Spitzer Says 'Judges Should Know Better' Than to Sue for Raise; Eliot Gives Judges $Lap; Bruno: No New Bill to Boost NY Judges' Pay; NY Judges Preparing Lawsuit Over Pay; Governor Eliot Spitzer Appoints Justice Lippman as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division, First Department; NY Judges' Pay Suit Sent Up the River; Pol Slaps Top Court on Ethics; For $1, Ex-NY Senator Bucks for Judges' Raise; Judge Cross Endorsed bt the Parties Poised to Become Surrogate; Why I Won's Step Down by Raoul Felder; Spitzer Proposes Court Reform Plan; Jackie Rips Book-Critic Governor; Gov to Raoul: Quit - or Else; Roasting Raoul Felder Chair of the New York Judicial Commission; NY's Chief Judge Kaye Prepared to Sue for Judicial Raises; More Money For Agency That Oversees New York's Judges;NY Judges, Denied Pay Raise, Talk of Strikes, Quitting; NY Judges Denied Pay Raises in Last-Minute Budget Wrangling;    Feed the Judicial Watchdog; NY Judges Advised Not to Link Their Pay Dispute to Recusals;Kaye Seeks Ju$tice for Judges; Supreme Court Will Review the Way New York Selects Judicial Candidates; Pay Raise for Judges Gets Boost in Spitzer's First Budget; Chief Judge Kaye Urges "All-Out" Campaign for Judicial Pay Raises; NY State Judges File Suit to Force Salary Increase NY Judges Seek; Spitzer Calls for Court and Election Reform; Pataki's Legacy: Judicial Appointments Were High on Quality, Low on Diversity; Pay Hike in Otherwise Modest Budget (But No Reform); NY Plans to Reform Local Justice System; Chief Judge Kaye to Seek Reappointment to Aid Transition, Push Reform; NY Lawmakers and Candidates Polled on Judicial Selection Second Circuit Strikes Down Judicial Convention System; Judges Will Not Spare Rods - Can Carry Gun in Court; New State Bar Head Sees Profession "Under Siege"; Bloomberg Names Some NYC Judges to Short Terms; Primary Colors; City Bar Forms Judicial Selection Task Force; Judge Delays Bench Shakeup; The Rules Apply to You Too, Judge; Politicians Sent Scrambling As Court Rules on N.Y. Judges; Primaries Would Reduce Role of Bosses, Not of Money; Rebuking Party Leaders, Court Halts System of Picking Judges; Pols Get Benched Party Judge Picks Unconstitutional; Party's over for Rigged Judge Elex; Bloomberg Criticizes Judicial Election System at Swearing-in Ceremony News: NYU Center Seeks Damages in Judge Selection Suit; Judicial Reform Held in Contempt; Major Blumberg's New Mission; Mayor Says He Wants to Clean up New York's Courts; Order in the Court; Bad Apples on Brooklyn Bench;  Lawsuits Tossed in Surrogate's Recount; NY Law Judges Pressured by Agency Bosses, Report Concludes State Courts Form Elite Guard; The Faint Aroma of Performing Seals- The Judicial Nominating Commissions: Let the Voters Chose the Judges; Bill to Alter Court Is Assailed in Brooklyn Denied Pay Hike NY Judges Vow to Fight on; Injudicious Conduct Justice for Judges; Pataki Introduces Bill To NY Raise Judges' Pay; Pataki to Propose Pay Hike for NY Judges; Pataki Calls for Judicial Pay Hikes NY Judges Lobby for Pay Raise; How Judges Hide From Justice; Tighten Rules for Those -Who Judge Judges; Judge Kimba  Hit by Ethics Attack; Problem-Solving Court, Judges Turn Therapist Judges; Salary Hikes; Judge Tied to 'Santa' - Federal Judge Alleged Conflict of Interest; State Judge Selection Scrutinized; Data on Judges to be on the Internet; Bar Adopts Proposal on Judges'  Economic Conflicts; NY State Assembly Passes  Bill to Create Judicial Selection Process;  DA Pushes for Appointment of Judges; Judicial Screening Plan Draws Criticism; Senator Seeks Legislation on Ethics for Judicial Trips; NY's Judicial Convention System Challenged; Changes Proposed for NY Judicial Elections, N.Y. Bar Group Adopts Code of Conduct;  N.Y. Chief  Judge Decries "Scorched Earth" Litigation; New York Judgeships; Politically-Connected NY Lawyer in Line for Judgeship; Promotion of  Merit Retention; Suit Against Party Picking Judges; Talk of Judicial Reform in the  New York Courts; Chief Judge Judith Kaye; Politics of Judicial Appointments and Discipline of Judges
 

Campaign Contributions by Lawyers:Clinton Beat Obama Raising Cash From NY Lawyers Anyway; Obama Passes Clinton in Netting BigLaw Cash - Obama, for First Time, Tops Clinton in Political Contributions from Lawyers; BigLaw Firms Pony Up More Donations to Obama, McCain; With Edwards Out, Many Trial Lawyers Look to Obama; The GCs' Choice: Obama; BigLaw Firms Fill Up Campaign Coffers at Record Pace; Edwards Leads Pack in Locking Up Lawyers' Contribution; Lawyers Lead in Campaign Contributions, Edwards the Favored Recipient; The Politically Nouveau Riche - Despite New Rules Politically Active Law Firms Filled Campaign Coffers at an Unprecedented Rate
 

Divorce Big Business: Bill May Remove 'Loaded' Words Psychologists' Guidelines at Risk; Judge Urges McGreeveys to Settle Now; Kooky Marital Colli$ion at Home; A House Divided-Judge Oks Wall for Splittin' Spouses; Cover Your Assets in Divorce; NY Judge Finds Seriously Ill Husband Can't Divorce Unsympathetic Wife; Chief Judge Asks Legislature to Consider No-Fault Divorce; Newly Divorced Metro Lawyer Says Costly Litigation Futile; Judge: Divorce Cases Skewed Toward Women; Well Known NY Lawyer Denied Withdrawal for Non Payment of Fees: Gross Injustice: Custody Battle Mom; Suddenly Splitsville; A New Push to Loosen New York Divorce Law; Official Says NY Courts "Long Overdue" for Restructuring Commission Hears the Pain of Divorce; Lawyer's Internet Tie; Divorcées Demand Court's Ear; For Arbiters in Custody Battles, Wide Power and Little Scrutiny; Judge  Tells Mother Pawn Your Ring to Pay Experts in Child Custody or You Will be in Contempt; Child Custody, Insider Club' Gets Dibs On Splits-ville $poils  High Paid Experts in Child Cases
 

The Borat Lawsuits:  Judge Junks Fifth Avenue 'Borat' Suit;  Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat Has the Last Laugh; "Borat" Sued by Duped Drivers' Ed Teacher; Borat Film Notoriety Not Niiiice; NY Businessman Sues "Borat"; Wa Wa Wee Wa, Is Borat in Trouble Again?; Man Claiming "Borat" Accosted Him in Restroom Sues; Man Claiming "Borat" Accosted Him in Restroom Sues; Frat Boys Denied Injunction Against "Borat"; NY Judge Gives "Borat" Suit a Thumb Down, Romanian Villagers Vow a Rewrite; Woman Claims She was Duped by "Borat," Seeks Criminal Probe; "Borat" Co-Stars Upset at Being Duped, Some Sue; Sacha Baron Cohen Hides in Plain Sight -Unrehearsed, Accidental 'Borat' Stars Want Last Laugh - Americans in Blockbuster Film Say They Were Duped; Frat Boys Are First Borat Victims To Sue; First Comes Borat, Then Comes Bruno, Then Comes the Big BucksTurkish Man Says He's the  Real "Borat," Wants Piece of the Profits; Kazakhstan Strips Borat of Site; Kazakhstan on Borat: Not Nice
 

Darren Mack Nevada Trial: Sentenced and Prior Proceedings;  Murders of Wife, Divorce Judge Trigger $590 Million Wrongful Death Verdict; Judge Says Mack
Must Go to Trial for All Charges; Darren Mack Case Turned Over to Clark County Prosecutors; Mack Puts Together Diverse Legal Team; Judge Shot by Sniper Makes First Public Appearance; Wealthy Pawnbroker Arrested in Sniper Shooting of Judge; Search for Darren Mack Day Three; Judge Told Officials Mack Had Harassed Him in the Past; Wounded Judge Was Despised by Some Parents: Judge Is Hurt in Shooting at a Court in Nevada - Nevada Family Court Judge Chuck Weller Shot Standing By Window" Police Expect Reno Suspect to Surrender
 

New York Judge Gross: NY Judges Officially Bounced From Bench; Justice for Gall: "Fantasy Life" Fiasco: Ex-NY Judge Gets Prison for Laundering Mob Money; Campaign Warchest; Justice Gross NY Judge Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges Mob Judge Demands to be Paid; Suspended Judge Hopes to Keep Getting Paid During His Trial Judge Is Charged in Money-Laundering Case; Long
Island Judge David Gross Arrested for Money Laundering, Fencing
 

Security for Judges: Threats Against Judges Increase; US Marshals Not Doing Enough to Protect Federal Judges; More Judges Packing Pistols in Courtrooms; Government Acts on Rising Threats Against Judges; Threats Up Against Federal Judges; Supreme Court Justice Reveals Death Threats; Jittery Judges Get 12m for Security; Senate Panel Hears from Judge Lefkow; Judge Returns to Bench; Urged to Condemn Jurist Disrespect;  Courts Seek More Protections for Judges; Judge Joan Lefkow: Pro Se Status Should Have No Relevance; Chief Judge Wants More Security; Ross the Killer of  Lefkow Was Tracked in 1999; Suicide May Be Killer of Chicago Federal Judge's Husband and Mother - Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow
 

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Some Who Attempt To Take The Law Into Their Own Hand-  Controversial Judge Bows Out of Courthouse Killings Trial After "New Yorker" Article; Prosecutor Aims to Boot Judge From Trial on Courthouse Killings; Judge Blasts Colleague in Courthouse Murder Case as a "Fool" and "Embarrassment"; Fulton County Courthouse Shootinng Shock Atlanta; Police Kill Man Who Shot 5 at La. Law Office - Angry Over Divorce; Man Shoots 5 at Louisiana Law Firm; Wheelchair-Bound Lawyer's Office Torched by Client's Ex-Husband, Cops Say; Disgruntled Client Launches Toll Free Number for Gripes About BigLaw Firm; Bagel Hubby: I Killed My Wife- Cops Say Husband Confessed; Train to Arraign' in Wife Slay; Judges in fear after E-Mails; Couple Guilty in Law Office Standoff, Held Attorney Hostage; Gunman Felt Cheated over His Invention; Gunman Angry Over Patent, Police Say; Lawyer Murdered, Disgruntled Client in Custody; Man Gets Life for Shooting Lawyer Five Times in Videotaped Attack Bitter Divorce Behind Courthouse Shooting; Man Kills Ex -Wife, Then Shoots Self at Courthouse Lawyer Also Injured in Attack; Deadly Encounter Man Guns down Son-in-law, Rams Police Cruiser, Then Kills Self; Judge 'Resigns' to End Hostage Standoff, Entire District Bench Recused in Murder  for Hire Case
 

Options Backdating: Inside the Backdating Probe: the SEC Speaks Investigators Are Amazed at How Common the Practice Was and the Involvement of Lawyers; Backdating Issues Create a Taxing Situation in More Than One Way; Backdating Probe Snares General Counsel; A Counselor Pulled From the Shadows - Larry W. Sonsini, Silicon Valley’s Most Feared and Sought After - Lawyer, May of his Clients Are in the Limelight Because of a Growing Scandal Involving Possible Improprieties or Illegalities Relating to the Backdating of Lucrative Stock Options Among Them Brocade Communications